Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Love Basket

Hiya folks!

Hope you are all doing well today. It is Tuesday and that means a new theme at Tuesday Taggers, which is all about 'Love'. We are sponsored by The Craft Emporium this week, and they have offered up a 6x6 paper pad for the lucky winner!

Don't know about you, but I'm all Valentined out at the moment, so I decided to try something a bit different. I spotted a fabulous Tutorial at Just Magnolia for an Easter Basket, and I thought - Hey, that'll do for a project!

And I have utilised it here and made a Love Basket. This could be filled with anything lovely for a loved one - I was going to put some of my favourite Lindt choccies in it, but I ate them instead! Oooopps! Should've taken a piccy before I did so. . .!!

This was so easy to make, honestly. It looks tricky, but it isn't really. It is made out of one sheet of 12x12 stiff paper - I had a lovely filigree patterned one from several christmasses ago that needed to be used, and it was red, so fit the bill perfectly!

After cutting all the pieces, I smudged gold rub-on over the edges before assembling the basket. The handle and edgeing are made with another sheet of 12x12 from the same set, but it is a swirly gold pattern. I punched a heart border along the edges to give a lacey look, and inked the very edge in red. Then I embellished with red organza ribbon, with a thinner red and gold satin one on top. Then I used my last bit of red organza to make a bow for the front, and put another bit of thin ribbon over the handle.

There are some yummy projects over at Tuesday Taggers from the gorgeous DT, why not pop over and take a nosey, maybe even have a go yourself!!

Just so happens that the whole world and his uncle have got love or valentine or hearts on their challenges at the mo, so I'm entering a few of them too with this Basket - hope you don't mind girls!!?? So here is the list:

29 comments:

Hi Teri,Better morning here - so good hubby's talking about trying to tidy up the garden if it stays dry. Heavy faint!!!I love your basket. It looks great in that fantastic red paper and the hearts on the handle are fabulous. I used the tutorial too (will post my basket on Thursday)and it was really easy to follow.Hugs,Fiona x

Yes ... it looks difficult and BEAUTIFUL! LOVE what you've done here ... especially the touches of gold ... added even more richness! Fantastic creation Teri!! Thanks so much for joining us at Raise The Bar! Hope to see you again next week!!

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About Me

Hi,
My name is Teresa, AKA Teri.
I have been raising a family for the last ten years. I began card making after the birth of my youngest about five years ago.
Recently I started drawing my own digital images, which I now sell here on this blog, Delicious Doodles.